Grammar
Learning Centre
Irregular Verbs by Form
TYPE I: Past = Present
Present
-t
bet, set, wet, let
fit, hit, quit, slit,
reg
split, knit
hurt
burst, cast,
(fore-, broad-),
cost, thrust
cut, put, shut
-d
bid, rid
shed, spread,
wed
Simple
Past &
Participle
-t
“
“
“
“
“
-d
“
“
TYPE II: Past Participle
= Simple Past
-d
bend
lend
rend
send
spend
build
anything
bring
buy
catch
fight
seek
teach
think
-eebleed
breed
feed
speed
lead
read
flee
hear
-eet
meet
-t
bent
lent
rent
sent
spent
built
-ught
brought
bought
caught
fought
sought
taught
thought
-ed
bled
bred
fed
sped
led
read
fled
heard
-et
met
-eep
creep
keep
sleep
sweep
weep
leap
leave
-l
deal
feel
kneel
learn
lean
mean
dream
dwell *
smell
spell
spill
-icling
fling
sling
sting
string
swing
wring
spin
win
slink
dig
stick
-ind
bind
find
grind
wind
anything
hang
shine
strike
sneak
-ept
crept
kept
slept
swept
wept
reg
leapt
left
-lt
dealt
felt
knelt
reg
learnt
reg
leant
meant
reg
dreamt
dwelt
reg
smelt
reg
spelt
reg
spilt
-uclung
flung
slung
stung
strung
swung
wrung
spun
won
slunk
dug
stuck
-ound
bound
found
ground
wound
-uhung
shone
struck
reg
snuck
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anything
say
lay (mis-,
under-, over-)
pay (under-,
over-)
sell
tell (fore-)
hold (with-)
slide
stand (under-,
misunder-,
with-)
shoe *
make
have
anything
lose
light
shoot
sit
spit
-d
said
laid
paid
sold
told
held
slid
stood
shod
made
had
-t
lost
reg
lit
shot
sat
spat
TYPE III: Past
Participle is Different
Present
-in
begin
ring
sing
spring
drink
shrink
sink
stink
swim
-idrive
ride
rise (a-)
smite *
stride
strive
write
Simple
Past
-an
began
rang
sang
sprang
drank
shrank
sank
stank
swam
-odrove
rode
rose
smote
strode
strove
wrote
Past
Participle
-un
begun
rung
sung
sprung
drunk
shrunk
sunk
stunk
swum
-i-en
driven
ridden
risen
smitten
stridden
striven
written
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-eabear
tear
swear
wear
break
speak
steal
weave
freeze
wake
(a-)
-i-e
bite
hide
-ake
forsake
shake
take
(mis-,
over-,
par-)
-ow
blow
grow
know
throw
-adraw
(with-)
fall
slay *
anything
sew
sow
saw
show
strew *
shear *
swell
do
-obore
tore
swore
wore
broke
spoke
stole
wove
froze
woke
-o-n
born(e)
torn
sworn
worn
broken
spoken
stolen
woven
frozen
woken
-ibit
hid
-ook
forsook
shook
took
-i-en
bitten
hidden
-aken
forsaken
shaken
taken
-ew
blew
grew
knew
threw
-edrew
-own
blown
grown
known
thrown
-a-n
drawn
fell
slew
-d
sewed
sowed
sawed
showed
strewed
sheared
swelled
did
fallen
slain
-n
sewn
sown
sawn
shown
strewn
shorn
swollen
done
anything
be [am,
are, is]
go (for-,
under-)
choose
lie
get
(for-)
tread
eat
give
(for-)
bid (for-)
see
fly
beat
come
(be-,
over-)
run
anything
was /
were
went
anything
been
chose
lay
got
chosen
lain
gotten
trod
ate
gave
trodden
eaten
given
bade
saw
flew
beat
came
bidden
seen
flown
beaten
come
ran
run
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gone
reg
means the verb can
also be regular. Which
form is used depends on
usage (formal or
informal) and regional
dialect
* means that the verb is
not commonly used and
many speakers may
confuse the forms
(fore-) means that the
verb has prefixes that
also form irregular verbs.
For example “cast (fore-,
broad-) means that the
verbs forecast and
broadcast have the
same pattern as cast.
Many of these verbs can
also have the prefix re-.
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Authored by the
Centre
byLearning
Emily Simpson